One of the world’s most recognisable sci-fi stories, H. G. Wells’ The War of The Worlds established numerous conventions for the genre, including the threat of an invasive extraterrestrial species, space travel and intergalactic conflict, inspiring directors, gamers, producers and writers alike with its sobering story of struggle and survival. Marrying the suspense, drama and urgency of Wells’ original novel with Jeff Wayne’s rousing and flamboyant score, Audible’s new and exclusive dramatisation uses action, narration, original music and evocative sound design to immerse listeners in a world that’s as thrilling as it is desolate.

5 out of 5 stars

Unexpected and Amazing

By
Charles Duncan
on
11-30-18

The Arrow Collector

By:
Cristian Perfumo,
Kevin Gerry Dunn - translator

Narrated by:
Adriana Sananes

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3 out of 5 stars
12

Performance

3 out of 5 stars
12

Story

3 out of 5 stars
12

The calm of a sleepy Patagonian fishing port has been broken by murder. It’s the case of a lifetime for brilliant and headstrong forensic detective Laura Badía. The crime is brutal and baffling. The victim is Julio Ortega, a local heartthrob and an old flame of Laura’s. The apparent motive is the theft of a collection of ancient and mysterious iridescent arrowheads that Ortega had recently acquired. Carved nearly six thousand years ago out of Amazon opal, they are now missing from Ortega’s home, vanishing once again into legend.

The Darkwater Bride

An Audible Original Drama

By:
Marty Ross

Narrated by:
Clare Corbett,
Donal Finn,
Jamie Glover,
and others

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Original Recording

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

3.5 out of 5 stars
5

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
5

Late Victorian London. When James Miller, the most respectable of Scottish businessmen, is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption. Alongside local detective Culley, Catriona’s search for her father’s killer leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride and the power of her deadly kiss. An epic drama starring Adrian Scarborough, Claire Corbett, Freya Mayor and Jamie Glover, The Darkwater Bride combines the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.

5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic!

By
Sean Kennedy
on
11-13-18

Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets

An Audible Original

By:
John Woolf,
Nick Baker

Narrated by:
Stephen Fry

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,571

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9,708

Story

4 out of 5 stars
9,664

On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?

5 out of 5 stars

Part history lesson, part audio documentary.

By
brian
on
11-01-18

Once Upon a River

By:
Diane Setterfield

Narrated by:
Juliet Stevenson

Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
547

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
513

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
510

A body always tells a story - but this child’s was a blank page. Rita reached for the lantern. She trained its light on the child’s face. "Who are you?" she murmured, but the face said as little as the rest of her. It was impossible to tell whether, in life, these blunt and unfinished features had borne the imprint of prettiness, timid watchfulness, or sly mischief. If there had once been curiosity or placidity or impatience here, life had not had time to etch it into permanence. Only a very short time ago, the body and soul of this little girl had still been securely attached.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

By
Nancy
on
12-09-18

Parker: Selected Stories

By:
Dorothy Parker

Narrated by:
Elaine Stritch

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
173

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
158

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
156

Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have embedded themselves in the American literary landscape, but it was her prose that proved her star and demonstrated her talent as extending far beyond her time. In her fiction, she not only brought to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick, but lay bare the uncertainties of ordinary people living ordinary lives, all told in her unflinching and deeply personal voice. In these selected stories, read for you by Elaine Stritch, we have the chance to draw upon her insight into the social and emotional realities of human nature.

5 out of 5 stars

Very good/very depressing

By
Rodney Wines
on
11-26-18

Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama

An Audible Original Drama

By:
H. G. Wells,
Jeff Wayne

Narrated by:
Michael Sheen,
Taron Egerton,
Theo James,
and others

Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
121

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
120

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
120

One of the world’s most recognisable sci-fi stories, H. G. Wells’ The War of The Worlds established numerous conventions for the genre, including the threat of an invasive extraterrestrial species, space travel and intergalactic conflict, inspiring directors, gamers, producers and writers alike with its sobering story of struggle and survival. Marrying the suspense, drama and urgency of Wells’ original novel with Jeff Wayne’s rousing and flamboyant score, Audible’s new and exclusive dramatisation uses action, narration, original music and evocative sound design to immerse listeners in a world that’s as thrilling as it is desolate.

5 out of 5 stars

Unexpected and Amazing

By
Charles Duncan
on
11-30-18

The Arrow Collector

By:
Cristian Perfumo,
Kevin Gerry Dunn - translator

Narrated by:
Adriana Sananes

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

3 out of 5 stars
12

Performance

3 out of 5 stars
12

Story

3 out of 5 stars
12

The calm of a sleepy Patagonian fishing port has been broken by murder. It’s the case of a lifetime for brilliant and headstrong forensic detective Laura Badía. The crime is brutal and baffling. The victim is Julio Ortega, a local heartthrob and an old flame of Laura’s. The apparent motive is the theft of a collection of ancient and mysterious iridescent arrowheads that Ortega had recently acquired. Carved nearly six thousand years ago out of Amazon opal, they are now missing from Ortega’s home, vanishing once again into legend.

The Darkwater Bride

An Audible Original Drama

By:
Marty Ross

Narrated by:
Clare Corbett,
Donal Finn,
Jamie Glover,
and others

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins

Original Recording

Overall

3.5 out of 5 stars
6

Performance

3.5 out of 5 stars
5

Story

3.5 out of 5 stars
5

Late Victorian London. When James Miller, the most respectable of Scottish businessmen, is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption. Alongside local detective Culley, Catriona’s search for her father’s killer leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride and the power of her deadly kiss. An epic drama starring Adrian Scarborough, Claire Corbett, Freya Mayor and Jamie Glover, The Darkwater Bride combines the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.

5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic!

By
Sean Kennedy
on
11-13-18

Stephen Fry’s Victorian Secrets

An Audible Original

By:
John Woolf,
Nick Baker

Narrated by:
Stephen Fry

Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,571

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
9,708

Story

4 out of 5 stars
9,664

On the surface, the Victorian age is one of propriety, industry, prudishness and piety. But scratch the surface and you’ll find scandal, sadism, sex, madness, malice and murder. Presented by Stephen Fry, this series delves deep into a period of time we think we know, to discover an altogether darker reality. The stories we’re told offer a different perspective on an era which underwent massive social change. As education, trade, technology and culture blossomed, why was there an undercurrent of the ‘forbidden’ festering beneath Victorian society?

5 out of 5 stars

Part history lesson, part audio documentary.

By
brian
on
11-01-18

Once Upon a River

By:
Diane Setterfield

Narrated by:
Juliet Stevenson

Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
547

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
513

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
510

A body always tells a story - but this child’s was a blank page. Rita reached for the lantern. She trained its light on the child’s face. "Who are you?" she murmured, but the face said as little as the rest of her. It was impossible to tell whether, in life, these blunt and unfinished features had borne the imprint of prettiness, timid watchfulness, or sly mischief. If there had once been curiosity or placidity or impatience here, life had not had time to etch it into permanence. Only a very short time ago, the body and soul of this little girl had still been securely attached.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

By
Nancy
on
12-09-18

Parker: Selected Stories

By:
Dorothy Parker

Narrated by:
Elaine Stritch

Length: 2 hrs and 57 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
173

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
158

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
156

Dorothy Parker's quips and light verse have embedded themselves in the American literary landscape, but it was her prose that proved her star and demonstrated her talent as extending far beyond her time. In her fiction, she not only brought to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick, but lay bare the uncertainties of ordinary people living ordinary lives, all told in her unflinching and deeply personal voice. In these selected stories, read for you by Elaine Stritch, we have the chance to draw upon her insight into the social and emotional realities of human nature.

Twelve-year-old Zero is traveling with 20,000 people for 105 years to colonize a new planet. Everyone is in stasis, so they'll be safe during the trip, but when Zero's pod malfunctions it wakes him early, like 105 years early. At first he's excited to be the only one awake - he has the entire ship to himself, so he can go anywhere and see and do and eat anything he wants - but when a family of space pirates show up, trying to hijack the ship and kidnap the colonizers, Zero has to think fast and find a way to stop them all on his own.

4 out of 5 stars

Passengers movie with space pirates

By
Kingsley
on
12-07-18

Christmas Eve, 1914

By:
Charles Olivier

Narrated by:
Cameron Daddo,
Xander Berkeley,
Cody Fern,
and others

Length: 1 hr and 13 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,963

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,059

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
10,021

In 1914, the war which was to have been wrapped up by Christmas had - in reality - only just begun, as all sides entrenched themselves deeper into the Great War. Christmas Eve, 1914 follows one company of British officers as they rotate forward to spend their Christmas on the front lines, a mere 80 yards from the German guns. Upper- and working-class men and boys are thrown together into one trench and struggle to survive.

5 out of 5 stars

Beautifully "illustrated"

By
anonymous
on
12-25-14

Oliver Twist

By:
Charles Dickens

Narrated by:
Claire Walsh

Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
122

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
100

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
98

Named a "national institution" by George Orwell, Dickens offers his most popular tale, of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse and runs away to London. A novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story.

5 out of 5 stars

Oliver twist

By
Martha P.
on
08-26-18

Christmas Days

12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days

By:
Jeanette Winterson

Narrated by:
Jeanette Winterson,
Imogen Church

Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
298

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
277

Story

4 out of 5 stars
276

These tales open a portal into the spirit of the season, when time slows down and magic starts to happen. From trees with mysterious powers to a tinsel baby that talks, philosophical fairies to flying dogs, a haunted house to a disappearing train, Winterson's innovative stories encompass the childlike and spooky wonder of Christmas, perfect for listening to by the fire with loved ones or while traveling home for the holidays.

4 out of 5 stars

Spirited Christmas Listen

By
Sara
on
12-30-17

Ancient Civilizations of North America

By:
Edwin Barnhart,
The Great Courses

Narrated by:
Edwin Barnhart

Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
570

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
523

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
522

For the past few hundred years, most of what we’ve been taught about the native cultures of North America came from reports authored by the conquerors and colonizers who destroyed them. Now - with the technological advances of modern archaeology and a new perspective on world history - we are finally able to piece together their compelling true stories. In Ancient Civilizations of North America, Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration Center, will open your eyes to a fascinating world you never knew existed - even though you’ve been living right next to it, or even on top of it.

5 out of 5 stars

A different perspective - civilizations not tribes

By
Steve Goppert
on
07-26-18

The Little Shop of Found Things: A Novel

Found Things, Book 1

By:
Paula Brackston

Narrated by:
Marisa Calin

Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
373

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
337

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
337

Xanthe has always had an affinity with some of the antiques she finds. When she touches them, she can sense something of the past they come from and the stories they hold. When she has an intense connection to a beautiful silver chatelaine, she has to know more. It is while she’s examining the chatelaine that she’s transported back to the 17th century, where it has its origins. She discovers there is an injustice in its history. The spirit that inhabits her new home confronts her and charges her with saving her daughter’s life, threatening to take Flora’s if she fails.

4 out of 5 stars

Five stars if only...

By
Kindle Customer
on
10-27-18

The Rise of Athens

The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

By:
Anthony Everitt

Narrated by:
Michael Page

Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
212

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
197

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
196

Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune,
The Rise of Athens celebrates the city-state that transformed the world - from the democratic revolution that marked its beginning through the city's political and cultural golden age to its decline into the ancient equivalent of a modern-day university town. Anthony Everitt constructs his history with unforgettable portraits of the talented, tricky, ambitious, and unscrupulous Athenians who fueled the city's rise.

5 out of 5 stars

Incisive Synopsis of the Ascendancy of Ancient Gre

By
Eberstein
on
01-31-17

Terry Pratchett: BBC Radio Drama Collection

Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations

By:
Terry Pratchett

Narrated by:
Martin Jarvis,
Sheila Hancock,
Anton Lesser,
and others

Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
178

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
166

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
165

Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.... Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings and Mark Heap.

2 out of 5 stars

Get the unabridged audiobooks, instead

By
S. Horn
on
11-09-18

The Oxford Tearoom Mysteries Box Set Collection I

Prequel + Books 1 & 2

By:
H.Y. Hanna

Narrated by:
Pearl Hewitt

Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
494

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
435

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
435

"Scones, a tea shop in England, a kitty and a murder...yes, please!" Enjoy the first three books in the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries, in one handy collection! Join tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose, her mischievous feline Muesli, and the nosy Old Biddies as they tackle murder and mystery in the beautiful city of Oxford - not to forget the delights of delicious baking and afternoon tea in a quaint English village!

5 out of 5 stars

A nice little mystery bundle

By
Julie
on
03-07-18

Have a Nice Day

By:
Billy Crystal,
Quinton Peeples

Narrated by:
Justin Bartha,
Annette Bening,
Dick Cavett,
and others

Length: 1 hr and 46 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
15,801

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
14,667

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
14,587

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal leads an all-star cast including Oscar winner Kevin Kline (President David Murray) and four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (First Lady Katherine Murray) in a performance of this hilarious and poignant story about a man desperately scrambling to put his affairs in order: to save his presidency, his marriage, his relationship with his daughter – and possibly his life.

5 out of 5 stars

WOW

By
Kate
on
11-05-18

Holding

A Novel

By:
Graham Norton

Narrated by:
Graham Norton

Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
840

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
768

Story

4 out of 5 stars
765

The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama, but when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be those of Tommy Burke - a former lover of two different inhabitants - the village's dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated sergeant PJ Collins struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.

5 out of 5 stars

Splendidly delightful

By
John Scott
on
12-03-17

Heavy

By:
Kiese Laymon

Narrated by:
Kiese Laymon

Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
998

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
937

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
934

Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion, and humiliation. Laymon invites us to consider the consequences of growing up in a nation wholly obsessed with progress yet wholly disinterested in the messy work of reckoning with where we’ve been.

5 out of 5 stars

Be prepared

By
Amy Bannor
on
10-30-18

Publisher's Summary

It’s rumoured that Dickens wanted to return to his classic novel Oliver Twist, to bring him back into a later book as an older character, but he never managed this before he died. However, if Oliver had returned, what would he have been like? Would the scars of his childhood affect the man he would become? And what of ‘Dodger’, sent to a land halfway around the world, his friend, mentor and master dead because of Oliver?

Dodge & Twist is that story. The tale of two boys, 12 years later, returning into each other’s lives - for both good and bad.

This Audible Original production of Dodge & Twist is fully dramatised with an immersive SFX soundscape and is performed by a full cast including Stephen Mangan as Charles Dickens (Green Wing, Episodes, I'm Alan Partridge), Matt Lucas as Fagin (Little Britain, Me, Bridesmaids, Alice in Wonderland), Kara Tointon (Eastenders, Mr Selfridge, The Sound of Music Live) and Michael Socha (Being Human, This is England), and introducing Will Howard and James Joyce as Oliver and Dodger.

Great fun. Love the dramatics.

Although it is not as long as a narrated book it kept me good for long enough to really enjoy.

lots of characters got a job, so expensive to produce. I hope they make money out of this, so there will be more!!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Performance

5 out of 5 stars

Story

5 out of 5 stars

KC

01-16-19

Loved it!

Loved it!!!!! Fingers crossed for more!!!!! Need more like this type of story classical based please!!!!

Overall

3 out of 5 stars

Performance

5 out of 5 stars

Story

2 out of 5 stars

Corsaire

12-23-18

And then I woke up and it was all a dream....

Started well but quickly deteriorated into a labyrinthine, unnecessarily complex heist story. At the end, so much was explained by dream or fever, and so many instances of 'How did I get here?' or 'Aha, but what you didn't know was...' Poorly plotted, Byzantine and dull. The bright spot is Matt Lucas' incredible acting.

Overall

5 out of 5 stars

Performance

5 out of 5 stars

Story

5 out of 5 stars

K. J. Noyes

12-22-18

Dramatised follow-on with 'twists' of its own

A follow-on, in the approximate language of Dickens, that takes place years after the end of Oliver Twist. I believe it is based on Tony Lee's own graphic novel of 2011, but having not read this I cannot compare.

I can though, comment on this audio presentation. The story itself was suitably dark, with psychological elements, a few in-jokes (even a reference to the Carol Reed musical?!), with familiar characters meeting new ones that wouldn't have been out of place in a Dickens' novel.

Oliver returns to London a decade after leaving it with his guardian, his circumstances requiring him to return. He runs into Dodger of course, also back in London after being transported for his crimes, and the two form an uneasy alliance as Oliver is persuaded to help his old friend commit a crime in exchange for financial assistance.

This worked so well as an audiobook, with the whole story dramatised, no narrator slowing down the action, the characters speak their thoughts to us, converse openly, and with sound effects in the scenes, the scenes came alive. Some great voices as well, a few famous voices were recognisable and the young men playing the lead characters did sound like older versions of Oliver and Dodger, those you might imagine if familiar with either the book or the musical.

With Fagin making an unexpected but sinister reappearance as well, as well as other characters from the novel, it feels like a continuation in many respects, and a story that Dickens might well have approved of. There's a Nancy substitute who manages to feel fairly contemporary as well, and Oliver and Dodger both changed a few times in my estimation and how I wanted their stories to conclude. Some nices 'twists'.

I really enjoyed the story, the idea of it and its execution. Loved hearing this, a great production of sound and voice.